Baby dressing table



Jan. 7, 1958 J. F. BARRETT I 2,819,142

BABY DRESSING TABLE Filed June 24, 1954 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 John l-Barre/f INVENTOR.

Jan. 7, 1958 I J. F. BARRETT 2,819,142-

BABY DRESSING TABLE Filed June 24, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I Fig.5 1. I X

John E Barreff INVENTOR.

By 0.1%., v um nited State Patent 7 2319:142 BABY DRESSING TABLE Iolifl'F. Barrett, Flushing, N. Y.

- Application June, 1954, SerialNo. 438,952 1* claim; (11.312 -3'09 This invention rel'ate'sto a baby d're'ssingtable, and

particularly to" a" table having. a padded top for receiving tact with 'various objects or by falling from the dressing 7 table. Heretofore; it has been necessary to provide a" plurality of utensils for holding: the'babys clothes and other items so that they could be reached with one hand while holding the baby with the other.

The present invention provides ababy dressing table in which allof the clothes and other material needed will be immediately at hand and so arranged that all of the clothing may be secured with one hand operation while the other hand steadies or controls the baby.

In the construction according to the invention, a substantially rectangular table isprovided with a pad for receiving the infant, and a plurality of drawers are hingedly connected to the table legs for swinging into and out of operative positive, and means are provided for supporting the drawers while in inoperative position or when moving in or out of operative position while a sliding drawer is provided intermediate the ends of the table for receiving diapers or the like.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an improved infant dressing table.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an infant dressing table in which the various items of clothing may be secured by one handed operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a dressing table having hingedly mounted drawers for swinging into and out of operative position under the table top.

It is a further object of the invention to have a centrally disposed sliding drawer for receiving infant wearing apparel.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a dressing table having a padded top and a padded headboard for ease and convenience in locating the baby to be dressed.

Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dressing table according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-section through the dressing table, taken substantially on a plane indicated by section line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-section through the top of the table leg showing the hinge construction for mounting a drawer thereon;

Figure 4 is a horizontal. sectional elevation through the table, taken substantially on a plane indicated by the section line 4-4 of Figure 1 Figure 5 is a vertical sectional elevation taken substantially on the plane indicated by the section line 5-5 of Figure 2 and showingthe details of construction of the device; and

Figure 6 is an: enlarged sectional elevation taken substantially on the plane indicated by the section line 6-6 of Figure 4 and showing the mounting of the drawer supporting rollerson the brace members.

In the exemplary embodiment according to the invention, a substantially rectangular table top 10 is sup ported by a plurality of legs herein. indicated. as legs 12,

5 14, 16 and 18 located substantially at the corners of the table top 10. A depending skirt 20 extends across the two ends of the tabletop 10-and also across the back thereof, being rigidly connected to thetop 10 and also connected to the legs 12, 18, 16 and 14 to substantially enclose a space adjacent the bottom of the top 10.

A pad 22 is mounted on the top of the table top 10 intermediate the ends thereof and extends transversely thereof from front to back. A padded headboard 24 is mounted back of the table and extends upwardly therefrom so that the baby will not slide baekwardly oif the table and so that the head of the baby will not be injured by coming in contact with the'headboard.

A pair of depending tracks 28 and 30' are mounted in parallel relation under the tabletop 10 and extend transversely thereof from front to back, being substantially intermediate the ends thereof and in proper spaced relation. A diaper receiving drawer 32 is provided with outturned lips 34 and 36 which are slidably received on the tracks 28* and 30 so that the drawer .32 may be readily slid in and out from under the table top so that the contents of the drawer will be readily available to the dresser, and preferably, the drawer will be of such size and weight that may be readily slid in and out by one hand so that one hand will constantly be available to control the infant.

A reinforcing brace member includes a longitudinally extending central brace member 38 with diverging brace arms 40 and 42 diverging outwardly from the end of the member 38 with the brace arm 40 being connected to the back corner leg 18 and the front brace arm 42 being connected to the front corner leg 12. The central brace member 38 and the divergent brace arms 40 and 42 provide a substantially Y-shaped brace member rigidly attached to the end legs 18 and 12. Divergent brace members 44 and 46 are connected to the opposite end of the central brace member 38 with the brace arm 46 being connected to the back leg 16 and a brace arm 48 being connected to the front corner leg 14.

It will thus be seen that the central brace members with the divergent brace arms 40 to 43 provide a substantial truss-member joining the corner legs so that the table will be of substantially rigid construction.

Strut members 50 and 52 are connected to the central brace member 38 and extend in substantially vertical parallel relation to be connected to the bottom of the track members 28 and 30, respectively.

Swinging drawers 54, 56, 58 and are mounted for swinging relation on the table legs with the drawers 54 and 56 being hingedly mounted on the legs 12 and the drawers 58 and 60 being hingedly mounted on the leg 14. Since drawers 54 to 60 are identical in construction and mounting, the construction of a single drawer will be explained, it being understood that the explanation applies likewise to all the other drawers. For example, drawer 56 is provided with a side portion 62 and a front portion 64 together with a back portion 66,

i 3 all of these being joined together by a bottom member 68. The side 62 and the front 64 are substantially at right angles to each other, while the side 66 is an arc of a circle with a center at the corner of the side 62 and 64 so that the drawer is shaped substantially a quarter of a circle. The hinge member comprises a portion 70 rigidly connected to the front of the drawer and extending substantially the full length therealong and terminating in a ring portion 72. The leg 12 is provided with an annular recess 74 in which the ring 72 is seated, and a similar hinge 76 is provided along the top front edge of the drawer 56 and has a ring '78 identical with the ring 72 similarly mounted in the recess in the leg 12.

In order to prevent the drawers 54 to 60 from sagging, a supporting roller 80 is mounted on the brace arm 42 and a supporting roller 82 is mounted on the brace arm 48.

To properly utilize the table according to the invention, various objects of wearing apparel will be deposited in the drawers and in normal operation, the drawers will be closed so that the device occupies a minimum of floor space and still be convenient for dressing the infant. To dress the infant, he is placed on the pad 22 and prevented from sliding backwardly thereon by means of the headboard 24 while the dresser will stand in front of the table and as is well known, it is necessary to maintain the infant in position at all times while the other hand of the operator will be available to open and close the various drawers to secure various items of wearing apparel therefrom so that the entire dressing operation may he performed with the single piece of furniture without the necessity of additional objects to retain portions of the wearing apparel and without any necessity of the dresser moving away from the infant so that he might fall from the table and be injured.

For purposes of exemplification, a particular embodiment of the invention has been shown and described according to the best present understanding thereof. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

In a table having an oblong top, and front and rear corner legs, a center drawer suspended below said top for pulling out of the front of the table, and pairs of superposed horizontal drawers on opposite sides of the center drawer of a combined depth in each pair equal to the depth of the center drawer and having right angled sides forming a corner on each drawer hinged to the front legs for swinging of the horizontal drawers outwardly and inwardly of the front of the table into open and closed position and of substantially the same length as the distance between said center drawer and front legs so that in the open and closed positions of said pairs of horizontal drawers, said side walls together with said center drawer close the front of the table to the depth of said drawers, said horizontal drawers having arcuate sides connecting the right angled sides and curved in an arc concentric to the axis of swinging movement of said drawers and facing the center drawer whereby to permit swinging of said horizontal drawers relative to said center drawer, rollers for supporting the lower drawers of the pairs, and horizontal brace means connecting said legs and carrying said rollers so that said rollers prevent sagging of said pairs of drawers relative to said center drawer.

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